And, I'll resurrect my Zappa story for those who haven't read it before.
I was staying at the Frankfurter Hof in Germany back in the early 90s. ('91 I think)
Walking down to the hall opposite my coworker & I was a guy with 2 kids. Guy I'm with says "That guy looks familiar.". I tell him it was Zappa.
Later that day I see the posters around town promoting his show(s).
Next morning I go down early to meet my companions & the suppliers for breakfast.
Frank is sitting in the atrium having coffee & reading a paper. I go over and tell him how much I liked his " Shut Up & Play..." series.
He says thanks, and then asked if I've had breakfast. I say no, and he told me to sit down and join him.
So, we sat there for about 40 minutes eating & talking music.
For all his musical eccentricities, he was a pretty regular guy.
My partners finished eating and we needed to head out to see a manufacturing site using the reactor design in which we were interested.
I shook his hand, thanked him for the meal & conversation and headed out to get my car.
A couple years later he died.
Right place, right time.
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